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Portland Event: Dorkbot PDX 0x02

Portland Event: Dorkbot PDX 0x02

For those of you in Oregon, here’s a dork-tastic event on December 7th: DorkbotPDX brings you Collin Oldham, Shelly Farnham and Steve Davee Come join us for an evening of geek meets art. The fine folks at AboutUs will be hosting us for this event, which takes place December 7th at 6PM. AboutUs is located […]

San Francisco event: Dorkbot #40

I was all impressed with Dorkbot Austin having held 18 Dorkbots, and I find out San Francisco’s up to number 40! dorkbotSF #40! when: nov 25 7:30pm where: retox lounge: 628 20th @ 3rd, SF ca (basically dogpatch) speakers: Laura Mappin – laser cutting Trademark G – touchscreen video controller for live mashup I’ll bring […]

Austin event: dorkbot 18

Austin event: dorkbot 18

a photo from one of ACTLab’s many interesting project Dorkbot18 – ACTLab! dorkbot-austin @ UT’s ACTLab Wed. Nov 12th 2008 6:30-9:00pm (Presentations @ 7:00) In this building: http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/cmb.html On the 4th floor studio 4B aka the ACTLab. Parking map: http://www.utexas.edu/parking/maps/index.html There are also major bus routes right in front of the building and a bike […]

WaldFlöte: Pipe Organ, Upgraded

WaldFlöte: Pipe Organ, Upgraded

Dorkbot Edinburgh has done a crazy cool pipe organ project: The WaldFlöte project is basically a MIDI retrofit of a 1890’s era 16 foot pipe organ. It converts MIDI input into solenoid drive to directly press the keys on one of the manuals – there is no permanent modification to the organ. Members of Dorkbot […]

Dorkbot Austin 17: Things Got Messy

Dorkbot Austin 17: Things Got Messy

More specifically, things got coated with a thick layer of gore courtesy of the Gore Cannon. More on that in my next post; for now, thanks to all of our presenters for a great event: Nick Pietraniec explaining his work-in-progress guitar hero-bot. Edwin Wise and his Abyssal Organ. Meredith Johns (pictured) and Carolyn O’Hara from […]

Dorkbot DC September meeting

30 September 20087 – 9 PM (ET) Smith Hall of Art, Room 114 George Washington University 801 22nd St NW Washington, DC 20037 Schedule for next meeting Bruce Howard : The Lightglove Virtual Controller  :  Lightglove is a “virtual controller” technology worn underneath the wrist that optically senses hand shape and tracks position with motion […]

Austin Event: Dorkbot 17

Austin Event: Dorkbot 17

In a week, it’s that dorky time of month again: Thursday, September 18, 7PM Cafe Mundi 1704 E 5th St. (a few blocks east of I-35) (512) 236-8634 Dorkbot is, as always, a FREE event. * Meredith Johns and Carolyn O’Hara from Hawgfly show off their gore cannon * Edwin Wise is back with a […]